Fabrice Manns
Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering College of Engineering
Professor of Ophthalmology
Miller School of Medicine
fmanns@miami.edu
Dr. Manns’ current research deals with the application of technologies to study and treat ocular diseases. Most recently, he has developed technologies based on optical coherence tomography to measure changes in the anatomy, optics and mechanics of the lens of eye. He is using these devices to study how the growth of the lens of the eye during childhood contributes to myopia, and how continued growth of the lens in adulthood eventually leads to presbyopia later in life, the loss of near visual function. His past research also involved the study of laser-tissue interactions and the development of laser delivery systems for therapy, with various applications in the eye and for other organs or diseases. Among others, Dr. Manns participated in the development of a minimally invasive laser interstitial thermal therapy approach for the treatment of small breast tumors. These studies involve the development of systems for optical property measurements, predictive models for laser-thermal tissue interaction, and image-guided fiber-optic beam delivery systems.
Keywords: ocular disease, laser-tissue interactions, laser-delivery systems, cancer
